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@einen gluten hattest @Hirn N. G. HUGHES, OF WAYNESBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 74,092, dated February 4, 1868; antedated January 27,1868.

A IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

T0 ALL WHOM 1T MAY GONCERN;

Be it known that I, N. GHUGIIES, of Wayncsburgin the county of Greene, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Corn-Planter; and I do herebydeclare that thc following is a full, clear, and i exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich Figure 1 is a side view of my improved corn-planter, part being broken away to show the construction` Figure 2 isha. rear view of the same. V

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has `for its object to furnish'u'n improved- Ycorn-planter, by means of which the ground may be marked, and the seed dropped and covered Vat the same time, a-nd by the same operation; and it consists in the combination of the double tubes with the seed-bo and guide-spout for droppingi the grain; in the oom bination of the connecting-rod spring, crank-shaft, connecting-rod, and operating-lever, with each other, with the interior tube and frame of the plough; in the combination of the hand-cover or guard with the ploughhandle; in the combination of the wings or scrapers with thestandard, and in' the combination of theiingers or bars with the plough; tho whole being constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the beam, B is the standard, and C and D are the handles, about the construction ofwhichparts there is nothing new. E is the seed-box, which is secured to the rear side of the standard I3, and the lower end of which enters the upper end of the guide-spout .or tube F, through which the seed passes or is guided to the ground. G is a tube, placed in and securedV to the lower part of the box E. The tube G has two openings through its side, one leading into the spout or tube F, and the other leading into the seed-bbx H is a tube, fitting accurately into the tube G. The bottom ot' the tube H is open, and it' has an opening through its side, ,which, when the tube is lowered, corresponds with the opening through the tube G into the grain-box E. To the upper end of the tube H is attached the lower en'd ofthe connecting-rod I.- J is a spring, one end of which is attached to the ploughframe, andits other end rests upon or is attached fto a loop or arm, formed upon or attached to the connecting-rod I, so as to force and hold the tube H down. The upper end ofthe rod I is pivotedl to a. crank or arm, c, formedupon or attached to thoshaft K, which works in bearings in the ploughhandles C and D. k2 is nu arm or crank, formed upon or attached to the crank-shaft K, to which is pivoted one endet' the connecting-rod L, the other end ot` which `is pivoted to the lower end of the lcver or trigger M, The middle part of the'lever Mlis pivoted to the handle C in such a position that its upper `end `may be in a. convenient position to be operated by. the hand that holds the ploughsh'andle C. By raising the upper end of the lever M, the inner tube, H, is raised, closing the hole through the tube G into the seed-box E, and opening the one leadi'ng into the spout F, allowing the seed to drop to the ground- Upon releasing the lever M, the tube H is forced down by the spring J, opening the hole into the seed-box, and allowing enough grain to form a'hill to again enter the tube II,'ready to be dropped. N is a handcovcr or guard, attached to the upper side of the handle C,'in such a position that the hand may be pressed against it to force the plough further into the ground, at the same time that the same hand is operating the lever M to drop the grain. is the plough, which is attached to the lower end of the standard B in the ordinary manner. To the 'upper edge of the plough O are attached upwardly-projecting bars or fingers, P, for the purpose or preventing clods, Snc., i from falling over the plough upon4 the planted grain, butrat the same time allowing the loose earth to pass over freely. R are wings or Scrapers, attached to therstandard B in' such positions as to scrape the fresh and loose earth turned up by the plough O, down over the dropped grain'to cover it.`

What I claim.as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1. The combination ofthe tubes G ahd H with the seed-box E and spout or tube F, substantially as herein shown and described, land for the purpose set forth. Y l

2. The combination of the connecting-rod I, spring J, 4crankshaft K, connecting-rod IL, and lever or trigger M,iwitl1 each other, with the interior tube H and plough-handle C, substantially as herein shown and described,

and for the purpose set forth.' I

3. The combination of the hand-cover or guard N with the plough-handle C, substantiallyns herein shown `and described,'and for the purpose set forth'.

" N. G. HUGHES.

Witnesses JNO. R. RUsH, Luvr" Tanon. 

